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course lacking the basal fascia ; the discal fascia is displaced outwards 

 between veins 4 and 5, a feature I have never noticed in macropthalma. 

 There is an exactly similar specimen in the Society's Museum from the 

 Palnis. 



126. Nacaduba ardates. — Common at all elevations, April to June, Au- 

 gust to October ; the tailed and tailless forms occur together. Here as in 

 Sikkim the tailed form is much lighter below with all the fascite straighter, 

 narrower and more regular. It is a pity that no one has yet been able to 

 prove by breeding that the two forms are identical ; the tailed form has 

 been bred in N. Kanara but unfortunately the tailless form does not 

 appear to occur there. 



127. Nacaduba atrata.— Qommon to 6,000 feet, August to October, but 

 not recorded by Dr. Campbell. My specimens can easily be separated 

 into two groups, viz., atrata and prominens ; in the atrata group the fifth 

 striga from the base is even and continuous while in the prominens group it 

 is always broken at vein 2. 



128. Nacaduba kodi, n. sp.— Two males and a female in poor condition, 

 at 2,000 feet in September. Ground colour above and below as N. dana 

 but rather darker, hindwing tailed, basal striga not to vein 1, discal 

 strigse to vein 1. As regards the markings below it is closely allied to N. 

 ancyra and hampsonii ; it differs from the former in the shape of the wings 

 and from the latter in the shade of blue above as well as in having no tail. 

 The female, a very poor specimen, has no blue above at all ; below it is 

 much lighter than the male. 



129. Lampides bochus.—Br. Campbell records this as rare in May and 

 June ; Mr. Evershed has caught it at 7,000 feet. 



130. Lampides celeno.— Common everywhere, January, May, June, August 

 to October. 



131. Lampides elpis.— Rare at low elevations, May, June and September. 



132. Catochrysops strabo.— Common at low elevations, May, June, Au- 

 gust, September. 



133. Catochrysops cra<y'ws. —Common everywhere, August, September. 



134. Catochrysops pandava.— In the Society's Museum from the Palnis. 



135. Tarucus plinius— At low elevations common in May, rare in Sep- 

 tember. 



136. Castalius ananda. ~\ 



137. Castalius rosimon. I M ° re or le88 COmm ° n to 5 > 000 feet > Ma ?' 



138. Castalius ethion. I*"™' Se P tember > 0ctober - ^simon has 



139. Castalius decidia. J beGn C&Ught in the 0bservatol T compound. 



140. Polyommatus bceticus. — Common everywhere and always. 



141. Curetis thetis.— Bather rare to 2,000 feet, May, June, September 

 and October. 



142. Amblypodia anita — Males common, females not seen, to 2,000 feet, 

 June and September. 



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